Asymmetric and adaptive conference systems for enabling computer supported mobile activities [Elektronische Ressource] / by Luiz Manoel Alves dos Santos

Asymmetric and Adaptive Conference Systems for Enabling Computer-Supported Mobile Activities by Luiz Manoel Alves dos Santos, M.Sc. from Ribeirão Preto, Brazil Dissertation Accepted by the Department of Computer Science in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doktor-Ingenieur (Dr.-Ing.) at the Technische Universität Darmstadt Supervisor: Professor Dr.-Ing. José L. Encarnação Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany Co-Referees: Professor Dr.-Ing. Markus Groß Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland Professor Dr.-Ing. Adérito F. Marcos Universidade do Minho, Portugal Date of Delivery: April 16, 2003 Date of Oral Examination: May 28, 2003 Hochschulkennziffer D17 Darmstädter Dissertation 2003 Preface This work was conducted at the Darmstadt University of Technology, essentially between 1998 and 2002. Before and during this period, I was working at the INI-GraphicsNet, Darmstadt, first in the Zentrum für Graphische Datenverarbeitung e.V., and then later at the Fraunhofer-Institut für Graphische Datenverarbeitung (IGD), as a researcher. This thesis addresses the investigations and results achieved during my work at these organizations.